ligustrum

[li-guhs-truh m]

noun

any of various shrubs or trees belonging to the genus Ligustrum, of the olive family, comprising the privets.

Origin of ligustrum

< New Latin (Linnaeus); Latin: privet

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Historical Examples of ligustrum

On the 27th of August, 1884, branches of the ligustrum coated with wax were brought to me.
Three Years in Western China
Alexander Hosie
Ligustrum ovalifolium, ovalifolium elegantissimum, and vulgare.
Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens
Ernest Thomas Cook
Ligustrum (Privet) ovalifolium foliis aureis, the best variegated shrub for hedges and for rough usage.
Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens
Ernest Thomas Cook
The vegetation is precisely the same as at Juggur, with the exception of a Ligustrum, which is common along the nullah.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and The
William Griffith
Turner in 1538 says, "ligustrum arbor est non herba ut literatorū vulgus credit; nihil que minus est quam a Prymerose."
The plant-lore and garden-craft of Shakespeare
Henry Nicholson Ellacombe